Brief Life History of Francis Xaviar
When Francis Xaviar Lee was born on 14 December 1893, in Chatham, Morris, New Jersey, United States, his father, Thomas Aloysius Lee, was 45 and his mother, Hannah Joyce, was 36. He married Agnes Fraine in 1924. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Madison Borough, Morris, New Jersey, United States in 1940 and Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States in 1940. He registered for military service in 1919. He died on 23 January 1963, in New Jersey, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Madison Borough, Morris, New Jersey, United States.
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- Francis Lee, "United States Census, 1930"
- Lee, "New Jersey, Births, 1670-1980"
- Francis X Lee, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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1894
Mary Philbrook was the first woman in New Jersey to become a lawyer. She had applied for admission to the New Jersey Bar in 1894, but was rejected because the New Jersey Court stated that women were not vested with any right to be attorneys. Mary lobbied with the Jersey City Woman's Club for an update to the law, which was passed in 1895 and allowed women to become lawyers. Mary Philbrook was the first woman to be admitted after the law change.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
1912 · The Girl Scouts
Like the Boy Scouts of America, The Girl Scouts is a youth organization for girls in the United States. Its purpose is to prepare girls to empower themselves and by acquiring practical skills.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Chinese Young, Sang, Jae, Jong, Jung, Sung, Yong, Kyung, Seung, Dong, Kwang, Myung.
English: topographic name for someone who lived near a meadow or a patch of arable land, Middle English lee, lea, from Old English lēa, dative case (used after a preposition) of lēah, which originally meant ‘wood or glade’.
English: habitational name from any of the many places in England named with Old English lēah ‘wood, glade’, including Lee in Buckinghamshire, Essex, Hampshire, Kent, and Shropshire, and Lea in Cheshire, Derbyshire, Herefordshire, Lancashire, Lincolnshire, and Wiltshire.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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